Gate.



`W. POPE.

GATE.

APPL|-CATIOH FILED MAR. l5. 1917.

Patented Feb. 5,191S'.

2 SHEETSMSHEET I w. POPE.

AIPPLICAUON. FILED HAR. 15,19H'- Patented Feb'.'5,1918, 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

the notch 18 and the latches 10 willalso be l slid from the latch post and released from `their engagement therewith.

A lever 20 is fulcrumed upon the gate between ythe latch bar 11 and the hinge postl and a compressionk spring 21 is connected the guide pulleys 24k in rear of and above' the hinge post and then. extend in opposite directions alone' thefside ol the road tohavetheir free `ends depend from pulleys or rollers 25- at the outer ends of beams 26k., the said ybeams `being rigidly secured at their inner endsv to the hinge post 1 and also con-A nected by a brace lbar 27 which has its ends secured t0' the-beams and its intermediate portion secured rigidly to they lsaid post.`

The guide pulleys 9A are mounted upon a plate or support 2S secured upon the rear endv of the beamS and are disposed in pairs,

as shown, the vmembers of each pair being disposed substantially parallel with the ver.

tical plane kot' the gate and a suitable cover Q9 being disposed over the rollers to protect them :from the action of the weather.

As shown mostk clearly in Fig.. 4, each cable passes from the lever 2O to the guide roller 24 which is nearer the hinge postand is H then carried between said roller andthe adjacent roller, after which it passes across I the plane of the gate and in rear of the rearmost roller of the pairl of-rollersat the opposite side of thezgate, thence passing 'outto the guide roller '25, as shown and asy will bel readily understood. The outer portion of the beam Sis supported by a bracket or yoke 30 which has its'lower end journaled in a bracket 31 secured uponthe upper end of the hinge post 1 so that the yoke may turn-with the-beam 8 and the gate and there `by' firmly supportthe outer end of the beam and the parts mounted thereon whether the gate be opened or closed. It will be readily understood that if aL pull be exerted upon the extreme outer end of one of the cables 23, the said pullwill be imparted directly to the lever Q0 and thence transmitted through the coupling 22 to the latch barllso that the latches 10 and l5 will be released. vThe conp rP tinuation `vof` the pull upon the cable will then act laterally upon the lever 20 so as? to turn the gate upon its hinge connection with the'hingepost and cause it to swingaway from the operator to the vsidev of the road. After the operator haspassed beyond the gate,- a pull isexerted uponthe previously 1nactivevcable'23 andthe gate will bere` turned to itsclosed position,- the latches automatically engaging the latch poetas the n hold upon the cable is released.

kUpon the beainsQG, intermediate the ends thereof, I securebrackets or supports 32 to which I pivotally attach clogs 33 having kholding ribs 34; at their free ends. A spring 35 is connected to each dog and its support and by its compression serves to hold the 'dog normally in a lowered position. Upon kthe upper side of each dog 1s a pair of lugs 35 in and between which is mounted a guide roller 37, the operating` cable 23 passing un der the said roller,asclearly shown. It will also be readily noted that the said guide roller and the dog upon which it is mounted are disposed below a horizontal plane passing Athrough the guide rollers 2/1 and 25 so thatwhen a pullis exerted upon the operating cable, the cable will be shortened ber tween the said rollers 24; and 25 and, con# sequently, will exert an upward pull upon the .roller 37' so as to lift the dog 33 against the force of the spring 35. Upon each side of the' gate is a keeper plate 38 having an upstanding lip 39 which is adapted lto rideagainst and under the outer end of the dog and slip into engagement; behind the lip 34 thereon, as shown in Fig. 5, so that when the gate is openedone of the keeper plates willbe engaged by the proper dog 33 and premature releasing or closing of the gate will'be prevented.

vIt is'thought the operation of the gate will bereadily understood from what has been said. It may, however, be brieiy summarized. `A pull being exerted upon either cable 23, the lever 2O will be drawn` rearwardly anda pull exerted through the coupling 22 upon the upper end of the latch bar l1,- thereby swinging said latch bar toward the hinge end of the gate. The upper edge of the rear portion of the latch 15, when the gate vis closed as shown in Fig. 2, extends across the arc described by lthe uper end of the latch loar 11 so that when the atch bar is drawn rearwardly, as just stated, the roller 19 will depress the rear end of the latchik y15 and' litt said latch out ot its en gagement with the notch 18. The .rearward movement of the latch bar 11 will also with draw' the latches 10 from the latch post 2 so'thatthe `gate will be free to swing. The continued pull upon the cable 23 will then 'act laterally upon .the lever 20 andswing the gate awayirom the operator towardthe side of the road, carrying the keeper plate 38 into engagementvvith the dog 33 so that the gate will beheld in openposition. When the' keeperL plate 38 impinges against the end of the'dog 33, in the event that straight# ening of the cable 23 has notk lifted the dog beyond the` path ol the keeper plate, the spring 35 will'yield so that thedog will ride over and into engagement with the keeper plateyas shown in Fig. 5, The operating iso cable is then released and the driver or other person proceeds on his way. After passing the gate, the formerly inactive cable 23 is pulled so that the dog 33 will be withdrawn from the keeper plate 38 and a pull then exerted laterally upon the lever 2() to return the gate toward the latch post. The cable may be released after the gate starts its return swing las the momentum of the gate will be suiiicient to carry it to the closed position and the latches 10 should have their working ends beveled or other wise shaped to ride upon the latch post 2 into engagement with the sockets in said ost so that the gate will be automatically atched upon reaching the closed position. It will be noted that the mounting for the guide rollers 24 swings with the gate so that'the direction in which the cables 23 act upon the gate relative to the gate is the same in all positions thereof.

A hood 40 is secured upon the brackets 14 and extends over the same and the latch 15 so that said elements, together with the latch bar, will beprotected from the weather and, consequently, will not be rendered inoperative by an accumulation of snow or ice or dirt. This hood 40 will preferably be a sheet metal plate of an inverted U-shape in cross section and a similar hood 41 is secured over each of the dogs 33 and parts coacting therewith as well as over the guide rollers 25. The hoods over the last-mentioned guide rollers, however, are omitted from the drawings for the sake of clearness.

A cable 42 is secured to and extends between the depending free ends of the operating cables 23 to permit the gate to be opened and closed from the same side. After the gate is opened in the described manner, a pull is exerted upon the cable 42 and the gate will then swing to closed position. l This arrangement is advantageous when it is desired to have stock pass from one to another field.

My gate is very simple and compact in the construction and arrangement of its parts and will operate easily and .smoothly at all times. When in either the open or closed position it will be irmlv held against premature release but may be easily released when it is desired to permit the passage of any person or close the gate after the person has passed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: y

1. The combination of a supporting structure, a gate mounted for horizontal swing ing movement on the supporting structure, a dog pivoted on said structure and spaced laterally from the gate, an open guide upon the upper side of the dog, guides on the supporting structure at opposite sides of the dog and above the horizontal plane of the same, an operating cable connected with the gate and passing around the last-mentioned guides and through the guide on the dog and acting on said guide to raise the dog, a. spring bearing upon the dog and opposed to said cable, and a keeper on the gate arranged to ride under and engage the dog in opposition to the spring.

2. The combination of ahinge post, alatch post, a gate mounted upon the hinge post for swinging movement, a latch upon the gate adapted to engage the latch post, guides disposed above and in rear of the hinge post and supported from the gate, guides supported beyond and at opposite sides of the gate in the .same horizontal plane as the rst mentioned guides, dogs supported between said guides and below the plane of the same, means on the gate to engage said dogs, and operating cables connected with the latch on the gate and passing around the guides and arranged to act `on said dogs whereby to release the gate from either its open or closed position and swing it from `opened to closed position or vice versa.

3. The combination of a swinging gate, a latch pivoted upon the gate and having its rear portion extending normally upward, a latch bar pivoted upon the gate with its upper end describing an are intersecting the upper edge of the rear portion of the latch in the normal position of the same, the upper end of said latch bar being arranged to bear upon the upper edge of the latch, a lever mounted upon the gate, a connection between said lever and the latch bar, andv means connected with the lever for releas` ing the latch and swinging the gate.

. In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM Porn. [1.. a]

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